Ventilating shoe or slipper tree.



w. A. NICKLESS. vVENTILATING SHOE 0R SLIPPBR TREE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1913. I V v Patented May 5, 1914 & 0

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

330., or New YORK, N. Y.

VENTILATING SHOE OR SLIPPEBZTREE.

7 Specification o'f Letters Patent."

Application filed November 29, 1913. Serial at. 803,684.

1 Patented May 5, 1914.

To all 10]!0711. it may concern Be it known that I, l/VJLLIAM A. NioKLnss, a citizen of the United States, and a' resident of the city" of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and 1mprove'd Ventilating Shbe or Slipper Tree, of

. a new and improved ventilating shoe or slipper tree arranged toinsure proper .stretc ing of the shoe or slipper and to permit air a to circulatein both a longitudinal and a vergitudinal passages beginning at the back of 1 hard wood and is. provided with a flat bot-' lllCzlldll'GCtlOlltllllS preventing undue shrinking of the shoe material and restoring. and preserving the shape of the shoe or slipper.

In order to produce the desired result use is made of a toe or a vamp form having lonthe form and extending forwardly, and vertical passages intersecting the said longitudinal passages and extending from the bottom of the form to the arched top thereof.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings fornnnga part of this specification, 111 which similar characters "of reference lnd cate corresponding parts in .all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tree as applied to a shoe, the latter being shown in section; Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the tree; Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a cross' section of the same on the line of Fig. 3; Fig. '5- is plan view of a tree provided with longitudinal passages of modified form; and Fig. Gis a sectional-side elevation of the same on the line 6 -601 ig. '5. 1 7

The toeor vamp form A of the ventilating shoe or slipper tree is preferably made of torn, an arched top and a straight back, as

plainly indicated in the drawings. The'b'ack of the form A is secured to one end of a straining rod or flat spring B provided at its other end with a heel piece C, preferably in the form of a ball adapted to rest against the back of the shoe at the heel, as plainly vided with a series of longitudinally 8X- I WILLIAM ALFRED nIcKLEss, or NEW YORK, it. x, .assreivon 'ro a s'rnrpimnnr &

tending passages E beginning at the back of the form and extending'forward therein a desired distance, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The longitudinal passages A are intersected by vertical passages F extending from the flat bottom of the form to the arched top thereof, so that air can readil circulate through these said passages E an F.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the longitudinal passages E extend from the back of the form A clear through to the arched top thereof, and the vertical passages F interse'ct the saidlongitudinal passages E,-the

same as above described in reference to'the passages F and E. p

Itwill be noticed that when the tree is 'in position in the shoe or slipper'D, as shown in Fig. 1 then thestraining rod or spring B 18 curved and.- exerts a. forward pressure on the form A so as to push the same forwardly and firmly in contact with the fore part ofthe shoe or slipper D. It will also be noticed that'the sole as well as the vamp of the shoe or slipper is ventilated owing to the vertical passages F intersecting with thelongitudinal passages E, and consequently the shoe material is not liable to shrink but is kept in proper'condition. It will further be noticed that by the arrangement. described the shape of the ,sh oe'ror slipper is restored and'pr'eserved. Although I have described the .iorrn' as made'of wood it is evident that the some may be made of othersuitable material.=

- l 9 0 Having thus described my inventio' .I'.

claim as 'new and desire to secure by Patent:

1. A ventilating'shoe or slipper tree, comprising a spring having a spherical heel iece and a toe form attached to one end' 0 the said spring, the said form consisting of a solid wooden body having a series of long-itudinally-extcnding passages and vertical passages intersecting the. said longitudinal passages and extending from the bottom of the form to the upper surface thereof.

2. A ventilating shoe or slipper tree comprising a spring and a toe form attached to one end of the said spring, the said form consisting of a solid wooden body having a series of longitudinally-extending passages extending from theiback of the form in a fidrward direction out through the upper surname to {his specification iii the presence face of the body and vertical passages intertwo subscribing Witnesses. sectlng the 52nd longltudmal passages ultermediate the ends thereof and extending from WILLIAM ALFRED NICKLESS' 5 the bottom of the body to the upper su'rface Witnesses:

of the same. GUSTAVE BAUER,

In teshmon'y Whe1 9f I have signed my 1 STEYHEN LAMBERGER. 

